- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- About this Guide
- Open Automation Framework
- Bare Metal Provisioning
- Introduction
- How it Works
- Prerequisites
- Industry Standard Upgrades with BMP
- BMP Process Overview
- BMP Operations
- Configure BMP
- BMP Commands and Examples
- System Boot and Set-Up Behavior in BMP Mode
- BMP Mode: Boot and Set-UP Behavior
- DHCP Offer Vendor-Specific Option for BMP
- DHCP Offer Relay Option 82
- Software Upgrade Using BMP
- Apply Configurations Using BMP Scripts
- Using the Post-configuration Script
- Using Auto-Execution Script (Normal Mode Only)
- Timers in Pre–configuration and Post–configuration Scripts
- Script Examples
- BMP Operations on Servers Overview
- File Server Settings
- Domain Name Server Settings
- BMP MIB Support
- Bare Metal Provisioning CLI
- Open Management Infrastructure
- Puppet
- Smart Scripting
- Overview
- Download the Smart Scripting Package
- Dell Proprietary Utilities
- Dell SmartScript Utilities
- SQLite
- NET SNMP Client
- Limits on System Usage
- Supported UNIX Utilities
- Creating a User Name and Password for Smart Scripting
- Logging in to a NetBSD UNIX Shell
- Downloading Scripts to a Switch
- Setting a Search Path for Scripts
- Scheduling and Executing Scripts
- Running a Script from the UNIX Shell
- Running Scripts with User Privileges
- Smart Scripting
CLI
- disable
- execute
- mount nfs
- package install
- package uninstall
- script (run)
- script (stop/resume/clear/kill/unschedule)
- script event-handler
- script execute (EXEC mode)
- script execute (CONFIGURATION mode)
- script get
- script path
- script remove
- script trigger-event
- show packages
- show script
- start shell
- triggered-by
- switch script limit
- username (event handler)
- username
- Virtual Server Networking
- Virtual Server Networking CLI
- REST API
- HTTP and HTTPS
- XML
- Important Points to Remember
- REST Authentication
- Request Query Parameters
- Sample BGP Configurations
- HTTP Status Error Codes
- REST API — Protocol Data Unit (PDU) Structure
- Configurations
- Operational
- Operational Data for IPv6
- Management Information Base (MIB)
- IETF Interface Operations
- REST API Framework to Execute the CLIs
- Samples of the config-command
- Samples of the EXEC command
- Samples of the show-command
- REST API CLI
- Web Server
Dell Networking Open Automation Guide January 2016
REST API
Representational state transfer (REST)-application programming interface (API) provides tools that allow you to manage Dell Networking OS switches by in-house or third-party system management tools. The program management environment and set of interfaces communicate directly with the third-party system management tools, thus avoiding the need for a dedicated network management tool. REST API simplifies network management and reduces the number of management tools you need.
- Common third-party management tool sets are supported as plug-ins to Open Automation, including Dell AIM, EMC Smarts Ionix, IBM Systems Director, HP Network Automation (NA), CA Spectrum Infrastructure Manager, and Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM).
- Industry standard management protocols are supported, such as simple network management protocol (SNMP) (Get and Set) and REST.
- User protocols are supported, such as CLI/CLI-script, XML (Get and Set), and web-based commands.
REST-API greatly improves the network manageability by allowing the Dell Networking switches to be managed by third party system management tools via standard program interfaces.
The programmatic management environment and set of interfaces communicate directly with the third-party system management tools, avoiding the need for a dedicated network management tool. As a result, the network management is simplified and the number of management tools are minimized.
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